Mekong Delta

For our last day, we took a trip out to the Mekong Delta to see the floating market in Can Tho and take a tour of some of the areas within the Delta.  It was a beautiful day, and it was an interesting drive out there seeing all the rice patty fields.  Once we arrived, we hopped aboard our boat to take a ride out to the floating market, which was kind of a disappointment.  I think it is a lot busier on Sundays.  Apparently, these boats bring in their specialty crops and the come to trade crops with other boats.  It seemed like it could be interesting to watch if it was busy, but there just wasn’t anything going on, so we just enjoyed the ride.  Next, we stopped at a place where they make pop rice and rice candy to ship all over Asia.  It is amazing to me that in these small tiny little villages, people are working away and then their product shows up in a store in Thailand.  The candies were really good and we ended up buying quite a few packages to bring back as gifts for friends.  The kids loved seeing the rice literally pop like popcorn and it was fascinating to watch and learn how they make rice paper and how they use coconuts. 

Rice Paper

Candy

Pop Rice

After that, we took another ride and on the way had some of the best fruit ever!  Audrey particularly loved the coconut water!   But I am not sure Andrew loved everything he tried, but we ALL loved the mango. 

We also had fun lounging in the hammock on our boat.  There was a nice breeze and very relaxing!

When we arrived at our next destination, we hopped on a smaller boat and rowed through some canals and areas that were beautiful. 

We stopped and walked around for a bit and then ended with lunch at a small restaurant.  We were a bit nervous when we saw what they served us.  HUGE prawns and this fish,

but it was actually quite delicious…and none of us got sick so YAY!!  It was a full day out on the river and it was beautiful last day of our trip in Vietnam.

 

When we returned back to our hotel that evening, the sunset over the city was awesome.  It was a fantastic trip!